Chapter 996:

“This is…” Corrine stared at the sparkling diamond on her finger, at a loss for words.

“I’ve been preparing for this moment for a while,” Nate confessed. “I planned to propose tonight, but…” He hesitated. “Well, it’s just as well that the ring is on your finger now.”

Corrine’s eyes stayed fixed on the diamond, her thoughts tangled with emotion. After a long silence, she spoke quietly. “What if I hadn’t woken up tonight?”

Would that ring still belong to her?

The thought of missing this proposal, and the ring with it, made her heart ache.

Like every other girl, she had always dreamed of this moment with Nate—waiting for the day he would ask her to marry him and make it unforgettable.

“If I hadn’t woken up, would you not have given me this ring?” Corrine asked.

Nate took her hand and kissed it softly. “If you woke up, I’d ask for your blessing. If not, I’d slip it on your finger myself.”

already imagined what he’d do if Corrine never woke up. He would have married her

“From the first time I saw you, I

taken aback, her

it’s your turn,” he

moment, his words felt tender, but just as quickly, they became laced

blurted out without thinking,

tell

his tie

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and soft, yet

pulled back slightly, her eyes sparkling, a playful smile dancing on her

love through actions,” she

“Same here,” Nate replied.

he leaned in for another

knock on the door broke the moment, followed by Jules’ voice from outside. “Hey,

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